High School
Inland Lakes Schools - Receives $10,000 grant!
The grant is to support growing place-based education programming activities at Inland Lakes Schools. The grant is part of a proposal from NE MI Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (NE MI GLSI) that was recently funded. The lead teacher, Mrs. Bekki Heckman is currently in the process of developing a team of supporters among the staff and in the community. If you would like to be part of this initiative please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Heckman (231) 238-6868.
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
National Guard Obstacle Course
Sgt. Franks and Mr. Mahoney collaborated to bring the
National Guard Obstacle Course to Inland Lakes Schools.
Dressing Down to Help Out … Staff donates $200+ in toys
The Inland Lakes secondary staff was proud to donate $200+ to Toys for Tots.
Administrative Assistant Tammie Gable adorns the Toys for Tots tree with the final touches. Inland Lakes Secondary will be a collection point for Toys for Tots during the week of December 5th.
Every Friday the Inland Lakes Secondary Staff has been paying a minimum of $2 per person to dress casually. Some of the staff members enjoy wearing jeans on Fridays, while others choose not to dress down but still donate the two dollars to the cause.
Principal Killingbeck, credits the staff with caring about children and finding ways to make Inland Lakes Schools and the community a better place.
As a staff they have been pooling that money to donate it to worthy causes, and they decided that they wanted to donate September monies to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, October monies to Habitat for Humanity, November monies to Toys for Tots, and December monies will go a family in the community that is in need.
Teacher Lee Nash noted that this time of year it is all about making positive Christmas memories for young children.
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
THANK YOU VETERANS!
Inland Lakes 7-12 building honored veterans with the playing of taps followed by a moment of silence on Friday November 11, 2011. Additionally, students in social studies teacher Mr. Nash’s classes made thank you cards and baked goods for the local VFW. Mr. Jacques and students made a wonderful banner signed by staff, which was also given the local VFW.
Inland Lakes 7-12 Faculty and Staff continue to Donate - October, Habitat for Humanity
The Inland Lakes secondary staff was proud to donate $137+ to the Habitat for Humanity for the month of October.
Every Friday the Inland Lakes Secondary Staff has been paying a minimum of $2 per person to dress casually. Some of the staff members enjoy wearing jeans on Fridays, while others choose not to dress down but still donate the two dollars to the cause.?
Principal Killingbeck continues to credit the staff with caring about children and finding ways to make Inland Lakes Schools, the community, and the world in general a better place. ?
The month of November Jean monies will go to Toys for Tots.
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
Senior Update November 2011
-Rare Everyday Heroes Scholarship
-$2500
-attending a Michigan college
-applications must be postmarked by 12/1/11
-go to www.RAREfoundation.org and click on Writing Scholarships link
-you will write essay on an “everyday hero”
-Kentucky Fried Chicken Scholarship
-up to $20,000
-2.75 GPA, going to public Michigan college for bachelor’s degree
-have financial need
-Online applications accepted from 12/1/11 to 2/8/12
-Go to www.kfcscholars.org
-Michigan Oil & Gas Producers Scholarship
-minimum of $500
-pursuing degree that will lead to employment in crude oil / natural gas industry**
-3.0 GPA and financial need
-go to www.mogpef.org to apply
-deadline is 4/2/12
-Baker College Career Scholarships
-$4800, open to all H.S. seniors
-to apply, mail in “request for information” card, Baker will send you an application
-applications are due by 5/1/12
-Michigan Education Association Scholarship
-$1000
-attending a Michigan college
-good academics, extracurricular activities, school/community service
-all other criteria being equal, first consideration goes to children of MEA members and
students from lower income households.
-deadline is 2/10/12
-go to http://www.mea.org/awards/meascholarship.html to apply
-www.ChristianConnector.com
-get info on Christian schools
-enter drawing for $2500 scholarship
-New York Life Award
-$1000
-submit work of art or writing dealing with loss / bereavement
-go to www.artandwriting.org to apply
-Burger King Scholarship
-up to $50,000
-application period 11/15/11-1/10/12
-to apply go to www.haveityourwayfoundation.org/bksp_scholarship_eligibility.html
-Centralis Scholarship at CMU
-$2500 – full ride scholarships
-3.5 GPA
-apply to CMU if haven’t already
-test date is Nov. 19th, call to register ASAP at 1-888-292-5366
-CMU Leader Advancement Scholarship
-$8000 scholarship
-3.0 GPA
-apply to CMU if haven’t already
-apply for scholarship by 2/14/12
-Kettering University Co-op Scholarships
-up to $24,000
-3.5 GPA
-application is due by 2/15/11
-go to www.co-op.edu to apply
-American Legion Scholarships
-Medical Career Scholarship
-Memorial Scholarship
-National President’s Scholarship
-deadlines are in March
-go to www.michalaux.org
-Girls State
-senior girls with above average grades & interest in government
-week long summer camp
-go to www.boysandgirlsstate.org for more info
-NCMC
-to apply go to www.ncmich.edu
-you will need to complete the online orientation
-TIP – Tuition Incentive Program
-Must have had Medicaid coverage for 24 months within a 3 year period
-Phase 1 – pays full tuition for associate’s degree or up to 80 credits**
-Phase 2 – pays $1000 per year for next 2 years while student pursues bachelor’s degree
-letter from state will be sent to you, you fill it out send back in
-you get another letter stating you qualify, bring this letter to Mrs. Jarema
-if you think you may qualify but don’t have letter, call 1-888-4-GRANTS
Super Sized Learning Opportunities
Educators are builders of the future, they have a profound belief that the future can and will be better and brighter than our past. Inland Lakes 7-12 professional educators have found low or no cost ways to improve the learning opportunities for students over the course of the last few years.
Inland Lakes offered nearly 60 additional courses to students last year and will continue for the 2011- 2012 school year. These additional learning opportunities range from courses titled: Learning with You Tube to Fire Ecology, Greek Mythology to courses designed specifically to remediate students that are not prepared for the next core course in any given core subject area.
The school districts 7-12 building follows a typical collegiate calendar. The first semester of the school year ends with Christmas break, the second semester ends the last week of April, and the spring semester, which the school calls sprint semester starts the first week in May.
Don Killingbeck, building principal, noted that the collegiate schedule with the sprint semester has allowed us to increase the learning opportunities for students while at the same time providing remediation for those students who need additional support the most. It provides a high level of accountability and fidelity to the curriculum (Grade Level Expectations/Common Core). One teacher stated, “I saw students have success that they could not have achieved without sprint”, while another teacher said, “I thought it was very effective, students were always engaged and seemed very interested in the subject at hand.”
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes 7-12 contact us at (231) 238-6868 ext. 1 or visit us on the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
Making Education Better - PIE&G Communities First Fund
Communities First Fund (PIE&G) regularly seeks ways to improve the communities in which they serve. This fall the fund approved a grant that will provide for two instructional workstations at Inland Lakes 7-12 building.
This generous donation from PIE&G, together with the monies raised by The Friends of Inland Lakes, has made a significant contribution to our goal of updating our workstations, though we still have a need for additional instructional workstations.
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools, do not hesitate to contact us at (231) 238-6868 or visit us on the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
CHRISTMAS ARRIVES EARLY FOR ONE INLAND LAKES 7-12 TEACHER
Straits Area Federal Credit Union (SAFCU) annually seeks ways to help teachers. This year Lee Nash, Inland Lakes Social Studies Teacher, was the lucky recipient of an updated instructional workstation.
This generous donation from SAFCU, together with the monies raised by The Friends of Inland Lakes, has made a significant contribution to our goal of updating our workstations, though we still have a need for additional instructional workstations.
If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools, do not hesitate to contact us at (231) 238-6868 or visit us on the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
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Heather Viau , SAFCU
Lee Nash, ILS Teacher
